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When Herb Klapper returned to Jersey City from his service in World War II, the Army Air Corps veteran knew he wanted to open a business of some kind. He suggested a few ideas to his mother, who had agreed to loan him money to help get him started. His mother wasn’t terribly enthusiastic about …

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In what some City Council members say could be a dangerous precedent-setting case, a divided City Council has approved a revised tax abatement deal for a new residential development in Jersey City Heights. The vote on Wednesday was reminiscent of a situation in 2009 in which the developers of Crystal Point in the downtown waterfront …

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It may not be long before Hoboken and Jersey City residents can rent bikes docked at transport stations for quick trips around town to visit local parks and restaurants or to commute to and from work. Both cities are currently soliciting feedback in a study led by Hudson County planners to gauge interest in a …

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Heated debate has ensued in the last few weeks about pending legislation to inject fluoride into New Jersey’s water. The legislation has passed through both legislative health committees and will soon move to the Assembly floor for a vote. Sponsors of the bi-partisan legislation have said that adding fluoride to public water will reduce the …

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2012 $469.3 million city budget introduced The City Council formally introduced Jersey City’s 2012 municipal budget, a $469.3 million spending plan that Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy says includes no tax increase. Healy gave a preliminary overview of the 2012 spending plan to the City Council at the governing body’s Tuesday evening caucus meeting. But in …

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Residents who believe the city has a crime problem hope to flood this week’s council meeting with hundreds of protesters in an effort to pressure city officials to allocate more resources to the Police Department and programs for youth who are too often the victims and perpetrators of violence. Over the last few years, Mayor …

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For Christ Hospital President and CEO Peter Kelly, last week began with a letter to Jersey City Heights residents touting the benefits of the hospital’s pending sale to a California-based company that – he promised – would invest millions in the medical facility and save it from closure. By the week’s end, the hospital’s prospective …

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The Jersey City Ward Commission has approved a new map that modifies the boundary lines of four of the city’s six municipal wards, giving some residents a different representative on the City Council than they’ve had in the past. Residents in one historic downtown neighborhood are less than pleased that the new map splits their …

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